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A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought - they must be earned.

健康的身体,平静的心,一屋子的爱。这些东西买不到,只能靠自己慢慢赢得。

It’s not 10,000 hours, it’s 10,000 iterations.

关键不在于一万个小时,而在于一万次迭代。

Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.

把你做的事做到世界第一。不断重新定义你做的事,直到这句话成立。

Individuals search for truth, groups search for consensus.

个人寻求真相,群体寻求共识。

We say “peace of mind” but really what we want is peace from mind.

我们说想要「内心平静」,其实想要的是不再被思绪打扰。

Impatience with actions, patience with results.

行动要快,结果要耐心等。

The smarter you get, the slower you read.

人越聪明,读得越慢。

Escape competition through authenticity.

做真实的自己,才能走出竞争。

If you can't see yourself working with someone for life, don't work with them for a day.

如果你无法想象和一个人共事一辈子,那就一天也别一起做事。

There are no get rich quick schemes. That's just someone else getting rich off you.

世上没有快速致富的门路。所谓捷径,不过是别人从你身上发财。

If you have to do it, it’s work. If you want to do it, it’s play.

非做不可,就是工作。自己想做,就是玩。

Study microeconomics, game theory, psychology, persuasion, ethics, mathematics, and computers.

学习微观经济学、博弈论、心理学、说服术、伦理学、数学和计算机。

The closer you are to the truth, the more silent you become inside.

越接近真相,内心越安静。

In an age of abundance, the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake leads to addiction.

在物质丰裕的时代,单纯追求快感会让人上瘾。

Truth-seekers take feedback from nature (planes have to fly), free markets (customers have to buy), or competition (militaries have to win). Consensus-seekers take feedback from people (actors want fans, academics want honors, politicians want votes, journalists want status).

追求真相的人看现实给出的反馈:自然规律(飞机得飞起来)、自由市场(顾客得愿意买单),或竞争(军队得打胜仗)。 追求共识的人看他人给出的反馈:演员想要粉丝,学者想要荣誉,政客想要选票,记者想要地位。

You should be too busy to “do coffee," while still keeping an uncluttered calendar.

忙到没空参加随意的咖啡约,同时让自己的日程表保持清爽。

When you're finally wealthy, you'll realize that it wasn't what you were seeking in the first place. But that's for another day.

等你终于富有了,你会发现,自己最初想要的其实并不是财富。不过这是另一天的话题。

Every great engineer is also an artist.

每一位出色的工程师,也是一位艺术家。

The job of a startup is to find undiscovered talent and distill it into a product.

初创公司的工作,是发现尚未被人发掘的人才,并把他们的才能凝练成产品。

The most important question - what, other than yourself, other than what’s popular, do you truly care about?

最重要的问题是:除了自己,除了流行的东西,你真正在乎什么?